Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: free allocated memory when gennvm register fails

From: Wenwei Tao
Date: Mon Nov 23 2015 - 04:00:30 EST


This is okay with me.

2015-11-23 16:47 GMT+08:00 Matias BjÃrling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 11/23/2015 09:29 AM, Wenwei Tao wrote:
>>
>> free allocated nvm block and gennvm lun structures when
>> gennvm register fails, otherwise it will cause memory leak.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c | 3 +++
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
>> index ae1fb2b..03fc7a5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
>> @@ -211,12 +211,15 @@ static int gennvm_register(struct nvm_dev *dev)
>> ret = gennvm_blocks_init(dev, gn);
>> if (ret) {
>> pr_err("gennvm: could not initialize blocks\n");
>> + gennvm_blocks_free(dev);
>> + gennvm_luns_free(dev);
>> goto err;
>> }
>>
>> return 1;
>> err:
>> kfree(gn);
>> + dev->mp = NULL;
>> return ret;
>> }
>>
>>
> Thanks Tao, would it be okay with you if I apply the patch like this:
>
> diff --git i/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c w/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
> index e20e74e..3969a98 100644
> --- i/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
> +++ w/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
> @@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ static int gennvm_blocks_init(struct nvm_dev *dev,
> struct gen_nvm *gn)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static void gennvm_free(struct nvm_dev *dev)
> +{
> + gennvm_blocks_free(dev);
> + gennvm_luns_free(dev);
> + kfree(dev->mp);
> + dev->mp = NULL;
> +}
> +
> static int gennvm_register(struct nvm_dev *dev)
> {
> struct gen_nvm *gn;
> @@ -234,16 +242,13 @@ static int gennvm_register(struct nvm_dev *dev)
>
> return 1;
> err:
> - kfree(gn);
> + gennvm_free(dev);
> return ret;
> }
>
> static void gennvm_unregister(struct nvm_dev *dev)
> {
> - gennvm_blocks_free(dev);
> - gennvm_luns_free(dev);
> - kfree(dev->mp);
> - dev->mp = NULL;
> + gennvm_free(dev);
> }
>
>
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